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Recent Examples of Renaissance man
After all, the 72-year-old Hoosier is quite the Renaissance man, dabbling in film, musical theater, painting and more between album releases.
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Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2024
What began at Baltimore City College High School in Maryland in 2015 has grown into a project with international contributions – an effort worthy of Baldwin’s legacy as a Renaissance man.
—Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 2024
While Da Vinci’s visit predates the 1573 villa, the Renaissance man was one of several luminaries who inspected the natural phenomenon.
—Jaclyn Degiorgio, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2024
In the family, he was known as a Renaissance man — an investment adviser who preferred to build boats, cook doughnuts over a wood stove and grow giant zucchinis.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 11 June 2024
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Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2024
What began at Baltimore City College High School in Maryland in 2015 has grown into a project with international contributions – an effort worthy of Baldwin’s legacy as a Renaissance man.
—Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 2024
While Da Vinci’s visit predates the 1573 villa, the Renaissance man was one of several luminaries who inspected the natural phenomenon.
—Jaclyn Degiorgio, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2024
In the family, he was known as a Renaissance man — an investment adviser who preferred to build boats, cook doughnuts over a wood stove and grow giant zucchinis.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 11 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Renaissance man
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But Bowery was a brilliant polymath, whose work included performance, live art, dance, music, modeling, television and club promotion.Emily LaBarge, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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Any student of art history could also point to the Renaissance’s polymaths, who mobilized artistic and scientific expertise in their pursuit of discovery.Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
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Foreman theater answered this call by creating dreamscapes that eluded our intellect’s mania for control.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Hubert began gifting his fellow Orc with temporary intellect, which nearly caused an uprising amongst his clansmen.Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2025
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French magazine Gala — a wiz at celebrity videos on TikTok — emerged as the top media voice with $32.2 million in MIV, 92 percent of it stemming from the video-sharing platform.Miles Socha, WWD, 17 Oct. 2024
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When another young black musical wiz, Teddy Riley of the hip-hop group Guy and co-producer of Michael Jackson’s 1991 Dangerous album, comes to a recording studio in Virginia Beach, Williams gets his opportunity.Armond White, National Review, 11 Oct. 2024
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With a white, marble-dust bottom and the stainless-steel sides, our pool had no paint, no artificial color, but your eye saw it as an incredibly beautiful blue, the blue of a severely clear sky.John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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In contrast to the warm wood of the steps, the walls of the room are painted in a cool light blue.Ulrich Clewing, Architectural Digest, 12 Jan. 2025
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Researchers studied the brains of 202 former football players.Chantz Martin, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
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The Brain Under Stress: Conversations That Hinder Collaboration Stress has a profound impact on how the brain processes conversations.Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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The 38-year-old offensive wizard led the No. 1 scoring offense in the NFL during the regular season at 33.2 points per game.Vincent Frank, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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The software's setup wizard asks about income first and then moves on to credits, deductions, and taxes.PCMAG, PCMAG, 2 Jan. 2025
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Nobody escaped his pen: the Church, intellectuals, politics, politicians and governments, kings and queens.Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
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Louis Jourdan, Count Dracula (1977) This BBC TV movie is a faithful adaptation of the book, and Jourdan plays a Dracula who teems with ghoulish sophistication as a refined intellectual with an aptitude for language and etymology.Celia Mattison, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
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Instead of the intensive active, this pen is spiked with a combination of mineral-rich sea salt and coconut oil, sage oil, and lemon peel oil—a trifecta of oils rich in antioxidants to brighten and even the tone of your teeth.Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 9 Jan. 2025
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The flowers of the purple sage are perfect for our bee friend.New York Times Games, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Renaissance man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Renaissance%20man. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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